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whelks

The correct spelling is whelks.

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noun

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The correct spelling is whelks. Certain edible sea snails, especially, any one of numerous species of large marine gastropods belonging to Buccinidae, much used as food in Europe.

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noun

  1. 1.Certain edible sea snails, especially, any one of numerous species of large marine gastropods belonging to Buccinidae, much used as food in Europe.
  2. 2.Pimple
  3. 3.A stripe or mark; a ridge; a wale.

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